NATHALIE’S BÄRLAUCH PESTO
Nathalie is my swiss friend, neighbour, cooking guru (she is a trained pâtisserie with a real talent in the kitchen) and many other beautiful things that she is (funny, patient, generous… and tall).
When I moved to the farm in Switzerland from Milan she was the first friend I made as she always walks by the farm with her lady dog Chaya.
Nathalie knows a lot about plants and food
PINA’S SPONGE CAKE
Giuseppina (Pina) is my inspiration and source of secrets for baking.
She is my aunt and she lives, with her husband -my uncle- Aimone, half hour from Milan, in the town of Saronno, where the famous Amaretto is from.
She is a tireless baker and for her recipes she follows few famous Italian pasticcieri, but her absolute favourite is Luca Montersino, for which she has a culinary crush.
SIMONA’S MASCARPONE CREAM
For this post I asked my very special friend Simona to cook for me this delicious cream that she made once for a party two years ago. It’s still the best Mascarpone cream I have ever had so I thought to dig into her secret recipe and indulge in a sweet afternoon in her company.
MARTINA & RIC DUMPLINGS
My friends Martina and Ric live in Zurich. She is a swiss miniature embroidery creative, he is a half computer geek, half hipster english man.
They just moved to their new house and they kindly invited us over for a nice Sunday lunch, on the warmest November day Switzerland has ever seen.
FERNANDO’S ASIAN STYLE FISH
LOVE FRIENDS’ FOOD is my new monthly column dedicated to cooking with friends.
For the first post I went to Barcelona and cooked with a very dear Spanish friend.
His name is Fernando and I met him when I was living in London.
He is a very special guy
